Armenia, Georgia PMs talk trade, tourism, regional stability August 21, 2014 - 18:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia’s Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan and his Georgian counterpart Irakli Garibashvili issued a statement following a meeting in Yerevan, Tert.am reported. According to the Armenian official, a number of issues of bilateral trade, as well as economic, cultural, educational cooperation were discussed. “A need for further Armenian-Georgian intergovernmental meetings was stressed; modernization of checkpoints, particularly the Bagratashen-Sadakhlo one, was thoroughly discussed. The problem of the landslide in the Upper Lars was addressed. The talks took place in a constructive atmosphere typical of friendly nations,” Abrahamyan said. Georgia’s premier, in turn, thanked his Armenian counterpart for a warm reception. He noted that the sides were unanimous on the need for further development of the bilateral cooperation. “During the first six months of this year, we have increased our trade turnover by 42%, which proves the development of our economic relations. Of paramount importance are high-level meetings not only between the governments, but also between agencies. We discussed issues of consolidating regional stability, the uptrend in tourism, and agreed to do our best to deepen bilateral cooperation in this sector,” Garibashvili said. The sides reached an agreement on joint construction of a Friendship Bridge. Georgia’s premier is scheduled to hold meetings with President Serzh Sargsyan, parliament speaker Galust Sahakyan and other high-ranking officials. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |